Chapter 90: Each Family is Happy and Each Family is Sad
Gao Mingcheng's words immediately shocked everyone in the family.
Some people were surprised at his generosity, as he actually used all the money he earned to buy ginseng and wolfberry. Others sneered, thinking that Gao Mingcheng was unreliable and didn't know how to keep the money in his hands.
Gao Yuanjian's eyes widened, and his voice became a little rougher: "What? You prodigal son, you used your hard-earned money to buy ginseng? Ginseng is so expensive! Where did you buy it? Go and return it!"
The older generation was thrifty with money and reluctant to spend it, but Gao Mingcheng's extravagant spending was unacceptable to Gao Yuanjian.
Even Luo Xiaohua's heart was beating fast. She looked at the ginseng and wolfberry and asked in a trembling voice, "How much does this... ginseng cost?"
"The purchase price is two hundred yuan per kilogram. This ginseng weighs about one or two taels. My boss bought it and I got some from him." Gao Mingcheng answered honestly, but although he looked honest, there was actually a smirk in his eyes.
He is actually a very generous person, otherwise he would not have given so much money to his family in his previous life. But he has to keep it a secret in this life, and forget about giving anything other than the due filial piety.
He took the initiative to send ginseng, firstly to show his filial piety, and secondly to prevent his family from guessing how much he had earned or how much he had in his hands.
He almost told his family openly that he had no money!
"Then one tael will cost ten yuan! Give it to me!" Gao Yuanjian was good at math and quickly calculated the price. He asked Gao Mingwan to give him the ginseng, took it in his hand and weighed it, then glared at Gao Mingcheng and said loudly: "This must be more than three taels!"
Gao Mingcheng smiled and stopped talking.
"Then...what about the wolfberries?" Luo Xiaohua asked, pointing at the wolfberries.
Gao Mingcheng didn't say it explicitly, but only said: "It's cheaper than ginseng."
But considering the price of ginseng, no one dares to guess that wolfberry is too cheap.
Everyone looked at the precious medicinal materials with burning eyes, and felt their hearts beating very fast. Expensive things always make people excited.
At this time, a burning smell came.
"Ouch! My food!" Huang Su'e reacted immediately after smelling the burnt smell and hurried to the stove. She picked up the ladle and poured some water into the pot. The big iron pot made a crackling sound.
Huang Su'e put her attention back on cooking, while the others surrounded Gao Mingcheng and asked him about some of the things that happened when he was away.
Gao Mingcheng picked out some things that could be said and told them, which made everyone feel full of longing for the outside world.
Gao Mingcheng was sharing his experiences along the way with his family, and Huang Dazhi from Junling was also sharing his experiences along the way with his family.
As soon as Huang Dazhi returned home, he went to work in the fields. After being away for five days, there were some things to do in the fields.
I went home to eat after dark, and at the dinner table, I naturally told my parents about what I had seen and heard on this trip.
When the family heard that Huang Dazhi had picked up a black bag full of money, at least tens of thousands of yuan, their breathing became rapid.
For poor families, tens of thousands of dollars are simply unthinkable.
Huang Dazhi's father was shaking, his voice was hoarse and excited: "Dazhi, where's the money?"
Huang Dazhi was stunned, then smiled bitterly and said, "In addition to the money, there was also a pistol in the bag, and it was covered in blood! How could I dare to take it? I handed it to the police later."
These words made the family members' hearts, which had been so high, suddenly fall.
Huang Dazhi's father looked at Huang Dazhi with a look of disappointment and yelled, "You fool! There's so much money, why don't you take it? Are you stupid?"
The light in his mother and brother's eyes also faded, and there was a hint of resentment in them.
It seemed as if those tens of thousands of dollars had originally belonged to their family, but now, they were gone!
Huang Dazhi lowered his head and said nothing. He mentioned the matter of the black bag, but did not mention that Ming Cheng took money from the black bag.
He knew that there was more than three thousand yuan in cash. Gao Mingcheng counted it in front of him and then asked him if he wanted to share half.
But at that time, Huang Dazhi was frightened by Zhao Han and his gang, and was worried that the owner of the black bag would come to him for revenge, so he shook his head and refused.
He was tempted, but didn't dare to take the money.
Some money is stained with blood and is hot, and it is not something that ordinary people can hold on to.
Gao Mingcheng is different. He is brave and skilled. Even if the owner of the black bag comes to his door, he will most likely be fine.
The black bag was handed over to the train police in the name of Gao Mingcheng, so Gao Mingcheng took all the risks. One should not be too greedy and let others take all the risks while only taking the benefits. So the honest Huang Dazhi refused to share the money.
Huang Dazhi lowered his head to eat and listened to his father scolding him.
After cursing for a long time, he seemed to accept the fact.
But he still said with some resentment: "You are injured all over, but you haven't received any money!"
Huang Dazhi said: "I got the money, I got a hundred dollars!"
His father pouted in dissatisfaction.
If it weren't for the tens of thousands of dollars in front, the hundred dollars Huang Dazhi could bring back would be enough to make his family happy.
But now, one hundred yuan seems insignificant compared to tens of thousands of yuan.
Huang Dazhi was good at observation and actually understood his family's thoughts a long time ago. At this moment, he was very regretful and thought that he should not have mentioned the matter of the black bag.
If he knew that Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang did not mention the black bag when they talked to their family about what they saw and heard outside, Huang Dazhi might have regretted it even more.
He was too honest and very open-hearted to his family, so he didn't think too much and just blurted out everything.
But after speaking it out, I realized that there are some things that it is better for family members not to know.
He took out a hundred yuan, and also took out the ginseng and wolfberry that Gao Mingcheng gave him. He said sullenly, "Mom, keep these money and things. Cut the ginseng into slices, take two or three slices and stew them with the meat to nourish the body. Soak the wolfberry in boiling water and eat it."
"I'll take it." But his father took the money and the things first, and complained: "This ginseng needs to be stewed with meat? Where is the meat at home?"
Huang Dazhi fell silent and lowered his head to eat.
In fact, he had known about his parents' personalities for a long time, but he never felt that there was anything wrong. It was just that after this trip away, when he came back, he felt that everything was wrong.
He recalled the situation of other families in the village, and his eyes darkened.
After dinner, Huang Dazhi took a short rest and did not take a shower because it was not convenient. Instead, he swallowed two amoxicillin pills, which are anti-inflammatory drugs that can help his wound heal faster.
As night fell, everyone went to bed one after another, but Huang Dazhi lay in bed and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
After a while, he took out a dagger from a bag. Gao Mingcheng had given him this dagger so that it would be more convenient for him to go into the mountains to collect herbs.
Holding the hilt of the knife, Huang Dazhi felt the coldness and murderousness brought by the sharp blade. He closed his eyes and the scene of himself stabbing people with a knife like a madman that night emerged in his mind.
He trembled with fear at first, but gradually he calmed down.
(End of this chapter)
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